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In 1616 he unsuccessfully requested the post of king's painter. The following year, he worked in Madrid's Alcázar palace, where he received payment for a portrait of Philip III -presumably the one now [+]
This Spanish painter and engraver was an exact contemporary of Murillo as well as his greatest rival as a painter in Seville at that time. The two have often been compared on the rather artificial bas [+]
The Hispano-Philippine artist Juan Luna is an outstanding figure in the singular chapter of Spanish painting's history that opened with Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) and drew to a close with Pablo Pic [+]
Goya was born unexpectedly in his mother’s birthplace, Fuendetodos. His parents, Braulio José Goya, a gilder; and Gracia Lucientes, from a family of wealthy farmers, actually lived in Zaragoza, where [+]
This Spanish painter was a disciple of Patricio Cajés in Valladolid, and of Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, whom he succeeded to the post of royal painter along with Rodrigo de Villandrando, Pedro Antonio Vi [+]